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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303366 | Three part blind fastener The current invention is directed to a three piece blind fastener comprising a mandrel 40, a tubular body portion of 10 and a radially extending flange 14, wherein the cylindrical body 10 is mounted on an elongate stem 42 of the ma... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7247164 | Methods for attaching connective tissues to bone using a multi-component bone anchor An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing connective tissue, such as tendons, to bone are disclosed which permit a suture attachment which lies entirely beneath the cortical bone surface, and wherein the suturing material between the connective tissue and t... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237314 | Method of securing a nut plate to a wall defined by an aperture through a workpiece A method of securing a nut plate to a workpiece includes the step of providing a nut plate include a nut, a holding bracket having tubular and bracket portions, and a stem. The tubular portion has an aperture therethrough which is inwardly tapered from a first end t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7156596 | Blind rivet and fastening method A blind rivet (1) includes a rivet body (3) having a rivet body flange (2) integrally formed therewith, and a mandrel (5) passing through the rivet body and protrudes from the rivet body flange. The mandrel (5) has a large diameter... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7004666 | Quick-attach automotive antenna mounting assembly An attachment assembly, useful in quickly attaching an object to a panel, is provided with a base assembly having a shaft member extending therefrom and an expandable member having a plurality of fingers disposed on one side of the panel such that, during installati... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6969220 | Wall anchor for a screw, and assembly constituted by such a wall anchor and a screw A wall anchor (1) has a head shaft (5) and a screw nut shaft (6) on the same longitudinal axis (4), connected to each other by a plurality of approximately longitudinal small bars (7). The bars (7) are plastically flexible i... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957939 | Decorative capped wheel nut and method of assembly A decorative cap and wheel nut or bolt insert, and a method of assembling them. The insert is coated and/or plated and includes a hex-shaped section and a section having a circular cylindrical outer surface. A cap includes a hex cross-section segment and a circular ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6935821 | Mushrooming expandable anchor A self-anchoring fastening device for installation in supports for hanging pipes wires or other articles in ceilings is shaped for a socket to drive the device for an easy installation process. The device comprises a collapsible anchoring portion having radially exp... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926483 | Joining assembly for joining a pair of structural members A joining assembly for joining a pair of structural members, comprises a bolt having a thread and a nut-like blind rivet adapted to be inserted into mounting holes of the structural members and to be threadingly engaged to each other. One of the mounting holes is ma... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6746192 | Anti-rotation tacking rivet having ribs The present invention provides a tacking rivet for fastening work pieces together which have aligned apertures therethrough. The tacking rivet includes a head portion and an elongated sleeve portion extending from the head portion. Both the head portion and the slee... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6602034 | Anchor for boards and method for manufacturing the same An anchor for boards is provide which comprises a socket including a tubular portion, a plurality of split pieces integral with the tubular portion and having intermediate portions slightly bent outwardly, the socket being integrally provided with a flang... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6273655 | Anchoring device An anchoring device (10) comprises a resilient sleeve (16) for receiving an elongate member, such as a bolt (18), and first and second stoppers (20,21) for location on the bolt at respective ends of the sleeve. Movement of the stoppers (20,21) towards one... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6010288 | Drive-in dowel A drive-in dowel formed as a sleeve (2, 22) provided with a load application element (3, 23) and having a front section formed of a plurality of expansion elements separated from each other by longitudinal slots, with each of the plurality of expansion el... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5651649 | High strength torque type blind bolt with anti-rotation In general a torque controlled blind bolt for securing workpieces is shown and which blind bolt has a core pin with a blind side head and a plurality of threads and a nut adapted to be threaded onto the pin threads; the blind bolt which has a main sleeve ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5634751 | Blind fastener with deformable sleeve A blind fastener having a body, a core bolt, a nut and a sleeve. The core bolt passes through an axial bore of the body and includes an externally threaded portion at an inner end thereof. The nut has an enlarged head, a reduced diameter stem and a thread... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5308204 | Wall plug type fastener A wall plug type fastener comprises an elongate anchor body having arm members extending radially from the anchor body. Brace members provide support for the anchor body and permit distribution of load forces applied to the anchor. Anti-rotational flanges... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5288189 | Fixing device for a cavity wall A fixing device includes a sleeve portion and an engagement portion which are spaced apart but which are interconnected by two flexible strut members, each of which includes short and long arms. A screw can be inserted through a central bore in the sleeve... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5028186 | Hollow wall anchor with enhanced holding strength A plastic hollow wall anchor having folding arms for insertion within a limited diameter aperture in a substrate such as a wall. The arms, adjacent their overlapping attachment areas, are configured to provide a "sharp knife edge" intersection, whereby a ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4896416 | Anchoring method An anchor element is provided with a body of bonded particulate material, e.g. a sleeve of silicate bonded sands. The element is received in a borehole with the sleeve adjacent the blind end. When a compressive force is applied between the ends of the bod... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4861206 | Straddling plug A plastic straddling or expansion plug having a closed plug neck and a closed plug foot both with a longitudinal aperture into which a screw can cut a thread. The plug includes a shank having a thin plug jacket on which a two-flight helix is integrally fo... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4828439 | Screw anchor A screw anchor including a four-legged compressible shank whose normal shape is diamond-like, the front legs of the shank being joined together by a front apex hinge, the rear legs being joined to the front legs by side apex hinges. The rear legs terminat... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4781500 | Metal blind rivet A metal blind rivet assembly having a plurality of ribs with flutes between them located about the circumference of the barrel of the rivet sleeve. The ribs are arranged in a helix and at an angle so that during the setting operation a twisting motion tak... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4720224 | Sleeve anchor A sleeve anchor for use in a pre-drilled hole in concrete, masonry and the like includes a bolt with threaded outer end for receiving an internally threaded pressure member, e.g., a nut. The inner end defines a shank terminating in a head of diameter grea... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4312612 | Screw fixing device A device for fixing members to panels, or joining panels, which has a body moulded from a resilient plastic, comprising a head part and a tail part joined by strip-like connectors which distort when the tail part is pulled towards the head part, and inclu... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4227265 | Bone implant with plastic insert between elements of different mechanical properties The bone implant is made from elements which have different mechanical properties and which are maintained out of contact from each other by means of a plastic member. The plastic member is disposed in and fills a gap formed by the implant elements. In ad... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4210057 | Anchoring dowel with detent lugs An anchoring dowel has detent lugs which are yieldably connected to a body portion of the anchoring dowel at a merger region and project outwardly beyond the outer circumferential surface of the body portion in a relaxed condition while being at least par... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4190991 | Expanding fixture and hammering device therefor An expanding fixture for securing an element to a wall or ceiling by securing the element to a bore in the wall or ceiling. The element includes a hollow end portion and an expanding piece adapted to fit within the hollow end for expansion thereof after i... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4185536 | Mounting element A mounting element for mounting an object to a support structure has an outer sleeve-shaped anchoring member adapted to be inserted into a mounting hole of a support structure and having an inner bore, and an inner threaded member insertable into the inne... | 01/29/1980 |
